Quotes By Tim Robbins

I don't know if I ever really bought into the eternal damnation bit.

Is Walt turning over in his grave? A man named Joe Roth runs Disney right now-he gave me the go-ahead and total freedom to do whatever I wanted to do.

When you have a person in power who punishes people for speaking their mind, it's truly dangerous.

Altman was told they wouldn't do the film with me. He could easily have abandoned me, but he stood by me and really bailed me out.

I started getting on my feet and clowning around, and they ended up putting me in a play when I was 12. And I was hooked.

Toy Soldiers was my introduction to film. I certainly didn't think I was doing art by any stretch of the imagination.

It was dangerous to hit the wrong kid in my neighborhood, because a lot of the guys I played with had fathers in the Mafia.

There is absolutely no way that I would enter that world. I would never run for office.

There are dumb actors. But there are dumb politicians and dumb bakers.

If I'm a commodity, it wouldn't be a wise idea to buy stock in me - although, in the long run, maybe I'm a slow growth investment.

I don't view myself as a political leftie. I view myself as a storyteller who is fair to both sides.

I learned never to listen to acting teachers because they don't know what the hell they're talking about.

I have personal beliefs and they are sometimes reflected in the movies I make, but I also reflect other points of view.

Bush is very clever. When the debate should have been about the deterioration of our cities and the lack of action by government, he sent in his idiot to make an outrageous statement about Murphy Brown.

I'm the kind of person who does not remember bad things.

I'm not gangly; I'm very coordinated. I do have a bit of a baby face. But I guess that just means I'll be working longer.

I love iconoclasts. I love individuals. I love people that are true to themselves, whatever the cost.

You had to know how to fight or you had to know how to avoid a fight. I didn't enjoy fighting, so I learned how to avoid them.

Any time you're trying to do a movie with a happy ending, it's very difficult because it's been done before and you don't want to be manipulative.

I've used drugs that I do consider to be dangerous, drugs that are potentially detrimental to kids and society at large.

I don't care about Clinton's haircuts or his affairs or any of that stuff.

Most good actors have a huge intelligence about the human condition and a real open heart to different kinds of people and behavior.

New York is not conductive to theater. New York does not encourage its young. It does not encourage experimentation.

My father described me as the oldest baby he'd ever seen. I apparently was very serious and reflective.

I couldn't care less about being a presenter at the Oscars.

Considering the fact that I've used it in the past, and know what it is, and seen the results of it, I don't view marijuana as a dangerous drug.

I'm six foot four and a half and I have a temper. It's reserved for very important issues. If someone is asking me to make an artistic concession, then I'll become a madman.

I don't think people have been able to deal with the fact that African American filmmakers can make movies about life and relationships.

If you're in the position to help someone and you do it, it's very rewarding.

Americans accept that gangsters are running the government.